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the mitt romney with the 47% tape is the real mitt romney. look at the paul ryan side of it, the makers versus takers rhetoric before. look at the budget. this is a budget line item by line item that is consistent with the message romney was delivering in the 47% tape. this is fitting the social safety net, voucherizing medicare, shipping back aid to the poor to the states, massive tax cuts for the wealthy. the very sort of thing that was supposed to be the dividing line between obama and between the republicans in the election last year. the thing with the election was supposed to settle. as you say, this is basically, with a few cynical accounting tweaks, this is basically the same thing paul ryan put out in 2011 and 2012. >> what about the smaller stuff that is surfacing at the same time? what do you make of the resurfacing of the obama welfare lie and the legislation that passed in the house today, the free obama phone lie and the other particularly racially charged elements of the republican thesis from the campaign that democratic voter
the mitt romney with the 47% tape is the real mitt romney. look at the paul ryan side of it, the makers versus takers rhetoric before. look at the budget. this is a budget line item by line item that is consistent with the message romney was delivering in the 47% tape. this is fitting the social safety net, voucherizing medicare, shipping back aid to the poor to the states, massive tax cuts for the wealthy. the very sort of thing that was supposed to be the dividing line between obama and...
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it was a pretty good day for mitt romney. the president's listless performance in that first presidential debate which he says caused me to have a stroke averwards. here's part of his closing argument, if you want to call it that, an argument. >> you know, four years ago i said that i'm not a perfect man and i wouldn't be a perfect president. but i also promised that i'd fight every single day on behalf of the american people and all of those struggling to get in the middle class. if you vote for me, i'm promise i'll fight just as hard in the second term. >> i think a lot of it had to do with how he feels personally about mitt romney. the idea that he was just on the stage with him was beneath him. this guy was someplace else. yeah, yeah, it was his anniversary. politically, he was thinking why am i dealing with tier 2. and it showed. >> right before it, we saw a democrat facing a really tough situation along with a pretty popular governor of new jersey. here he is with the press conference with the new jersey governor, chris
it was a pretty good day for mitt romney. the president's listless performance in that first presidential debate which he says caused me to have a stroke averwards. here's part of his closing argument, if you want to call it that, an argument. >> you know, four years ago i said that i'm not a perfect man and i wouldn't be a perfect president. but i also promised that i'd fight every single day on behalf of the american people and all of those struggling to get in the middle class. if you...
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strengths but he sees as weaknesses too very clearly you say that mitt romney in the up was. the most gaffe prone nominee in anyone's memory. where did that come from from a sharp businessman who you know he's you know it's funny because we quote bill clinton in the book telling a friend you know these are very nice man but isn't he speaking of romney he says he's a very nice man he's in the wrong line of work he shouldn't be speaking to people in public and you know there are a lot of very successful business people who just are you know it's a totally different discipline you know political performance and and governor romney just kept making those mistakes over and over and over again crowd in kind of a highlight reel of his kind of gaps that that played to the caricature of him as kind of chord combination of chord gekko and mr magoo right he gave them over and over again the highlight reel and then at the end of the election of course an amazing thing you know after all of the controversy has been through the forty seven percent video where he says this embarrassing kind
strengths but he sees as weaknesses too very clearly you say that mitt romney in the up was. the most gaffe prone nominee in anyone's memory. where did that come from from a sharp businessman who you know he's you know it's funny because we quote bill clinton in the book telling a friend you know these are very nice man but isn't he speaking of romney he says he's a very nice man he's in the wrong line of work he shouldn't be speaking to people in public and you know there are a lot of very...
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, one of his friends and what you think of governor romney? president clinton said i think he's a nice guy buddies in the wrong line of work. [laughter] he said and he should not be speaking to people in public. [laughter] similar conversations where president lives and what you think about president obama? reflecting on how the great gift governor romney has given to present obama. clinton said that he was kind of there are no children in right now but i will give it to you straight to present an city the president obama was like you and the dog with two decks. [laughter] which there is a thing that bill clinton thinks is the luckiest thing you can be. [laughter] and i can say a lot of times i have to figure what it is about being a to dick doc. only bill clinton knows. i'm going to stop with that me because i always -- you're a dog with two penises. animal genitalia is my specialty. [laughter] welcome, mark. [applause] >> thank you all. we're both really happy to be your at the miami book fair. i've been you -- here a few times. the c-span2
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strengths but he sees as weaknesses too very clearly you say that mitt romney in the up was. the most gaffe prone nominee in anyone's memory. where did that come from from a sharp businessman who you know he's you know it's funny because we quote bill clinton in the book telling a friend you know these are very nice man because in that he's speaking of romney he says he's a very honest man he's on the wrong line of work he shouldn't be speaking to people in the public and you know there are a...
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strengths but he sees as weaknesses too very clearly you say that mitt romney in the up was. the most gaffe prone nominee in anyone's memory. where did that come from from a sharp businessman you know he's you know it's funny because we quote bill clinton in the book telling a friend you know these are very nice man but isn't he speaking of romney he says he's a very honest man because in the wrong line of work he shouldn't be speaking to people in the public and you know there are a lot of very successful business people who just are you know it's a totally different discipline you know political performance and and governor romney just kept making those mistakes over and over and over again corroding kind of a highlight reel of his kind of gaps that that played to the caricature of him as kind of chord combination of chord gekko and mr magoo right he gave them over and over again the highlight reel and then at the end of the election of course an amazing thing you know after all of the controversy has been through the forty seven percent video where he says this embarrassin
strengths but he sees as weaknesses too very clearly you say that mitt romney in the up was. the most gaffe prone nominee in anyone's memory. where did that come from from a sharp businessman you know he's you know it's funny because we quote bill clinton in the book telling a friend you know these are very nice man but isn't he speaking of romney he says he's a very honest man because in the wrong line of work he shouldn't be speaking to people in the public and you know there are a lot of...
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talked about this and governor romney has what apologized to chris christie? >> as i understand it in an interview on tuesday. >> rose: yes. >> >> rose: today. >> today. he called governor crist city, i always think about the archives, charlie, called governor crist city and apologized and said this report that is quoted in "double down" should not have been revealed to any author or journalist. >> rose: bill clinton, so what do we say about the relationship between these two men. >> well, you know, it is funny a plot of people when the game changed the story, we just .. one of the con seats we were writing a love story between barack obama and hillary clinton that they started out close and the nomination fight took them apart and then at the end they were reunited and she became secretary of state this book is a love story of bill clinton and barack obama, who start the book as far apart as you could start the book as you begin a story and n we have got the bill clinton battered and bruised from 2008 and barack obama feels he doesn't need bill clinton's advi
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romney destroyed rick perry on that issue. but it was in the rhetoric he deployed there that i think he sealed his fate in the general election with latinos who he got blown out in and provided a huge margin in a lot of the swing states. >> great point. my choice is, of course, the anonymous videographer who captured the 47% tape, which is why we happen to have that tape. >> i was going to say you guys worked that out. >> why it happened to be ready. now, the best move of 2012. what was the best move of 2012? >> this is really hard because some part of me is a political junkie, thinks it's the most incendiary crazy thing. for that i would give it to mitt romney to moving across the stage and grabbing rick perry on the shoulder, physical debate style that he had that revealed him to be kind of crazy and not driven by the same things that most humans a s ars are driven competitive workforce bot. i think at the end of the day, it has to be -- we keep going back to the 47% video. i was waiting to hold it for another category. >> y
romney destroyed rick perry on that issue. but it was in the rhetoric he deployed there that i think he sealed his fate in the general election with latinos who he got blown out in and provided a huge margin in a lot of the swing states. >> great point. my choice is, of course, the anonymous videographer who captured the 47% tape, which is why we happen to have that tape. >> i was going to say you guys worked that out. >> why it happened to be ready. now, the best move of...
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strengths but he sees as weaknesses too very clearly you say that mitt romney in the up was. the most gaffe prone nominee in anyone's memory. where did that come from from a sharp businessman you know he's you know it's funny because we quote bill clinton in the book telling a friend you know these are very nice man because in that he's speaking of romney he says he's a very honest man he's on the wrong line of work he shouldn't be speaking to people in the public and you know there are a lot...
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strengths but he sees as weaknesses too very clearly you say that mitt romney in the up was. the most gaffe prone nominee in anyone's memory. where did that come from from a sharp businessman you know he's you know it's funny because we quote bill clinton in the book telling a friend you know these are very nice man babies in that he's speaking of romney he says he's a very nice man who's in the wrong line of work he shouldn't be speaking to people in the public and you know there are a lot of...
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would it made any difference to mitt romney if his running mate was chris christi? >> i don't think so. the reason he lost is there was this surprise enormous vote from elderly black women. they want to keep obama in the white house, first african american president. so they won't change their vote. they are still coming out. the other was a deficit of working class white males in the upper midwest, the places hit but the auto bailout. i don't think it makes a difference christie is on the bailout. i think they are both great reporters -- >> the game change was not really contested. they obviously got good sources. >> which reminds me of another reason i don't think they were considering hillary clinton. among the things bill clinton said about obama when hilary was running against them was teddy kennedy, about barack obama a few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee. >> really? >> yeah, it's in my book. >> does that mean it's true? >> it's in their book, it's from "game change". >> let me talk about obama and clinton, they don't like each other and t
would it made any difference to mitt romney if his running mate was chris christi? >> i don't think so. the reason he lost is there was this surprise enormous vote from elderly black women. they want to keep obama in the white house, first african american president. so they won't change their vote. they are still coming out. the other was a deficit of working class white males in the upper midwest, the places hit but the auto bailout. i don't think it makes a difference christie is on...
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when a democratic operative told cnn that ann romney was quote never worked a day in her life end of quote, you guys remember that, the romney team wasted no time in saying how -- they were but if you read the book you will find that the romney's were very happy that this happened and delighted because they thought it was a huge political gaffe. did president on obama and his team considered dropping vice president biden? well, read the book and see how far that discussion went. what was behind the clint eastwood disaster at the republican national convention? [laughter] we have this older man on stage, prime-time without a script. what could possibly go wrong? [laughter] well, what was going on in the background, you have to read the book to find out. you know i asked john heileman backstage, how do you get people to talk? it's amazing. i have read both books and my wife who has read the books as well, how do you get people the savings things? it's amazing to me. an amazing book and you guys are obviously going to want to read it or have read it. ladies and gentlemen it's my pleasur
when a democratic operative told cnn that ann romney was quote never worked a day in her life end of quote, you guys remember that, the romney team wasted no time in saying how -- they were but if you read the book you will find that the romney's were very happy that this happened and delighted because they thought it was a huge political gaffe. did president on obama and his team considered dropping vice president biden? well, read the book and see how far that discussion went. what was behind...
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the thing i want to say -- joe, they did a survey -- they asked voters about romney and obama and romney won like four things. the fifth one was who understands our problems better? obama was 81 and romney was 19. why? they never kind of saw his heart. and he's a wonderful man. and i don't know why that happened. but when people have to know that you care about them, that you understand them and if they're stuck in a ditch you're going to put your shoulders to the back of your car and you're going to help push them out. you can demonstrate more of that. people will say that's kind of a new brand for republicans. create jobs, compassion and care. i think it works. >> i think in our nation that american people really worry about the direction our nation is going. if you look at the polls they tell you. america is very concerned about where our nation is going. i hear it on the street, with our family, i have people stop me at convenience stores and tell me i'm concerned where our nation is going. what are we going o do to get it back? i think there are great amples with our conservative go
the thing i want to say -- joe, they did a survey -- they asked voters about romney and obama and romney won like four things. the fifth one was who understands our problems better? obama was 81 and romney was 19. why? they never kind of saw his heart. and he's a wonderful man. and i don't know why that happened. but when people have to know that you care about them, that you understand them and if they're stuck in a ditch you're going to put your shoulders to the back of your car and you're...
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romney did reconsider. they did a sort of crash event as they call it, last minute info trying to compile a dossier on kristi. they ultimately could not get enough info on krischris chris kristi. and romney wasn't comfortable i think taking that gamble given what had happened four years earlier with mccain picking sarah palin. >> is there something in chris christie's background that led them to believe there was a problem? i mean my understanding of chris christie, he's been a prosecutor for much of his life. those aren't the kind of jobs that generally create vetting problems. >> well, the phrase they used in the book is really potential unexploded land mines lirting his background. now, there's no proof that any of that stuff would have ultimately been harmful to the campaign. it was just the fact there were unanswered questions. unlike the other potential -- >> by unanswered you mean he failed to answer those questions adequately. >> exactly. unlike the other possible v.p.s they were vetting they did no
romney did reconsider. they did a sort of crash event as they call it, last minute info trying to compile a dossier on kristi. they ultimately could not get enough info on krischris chris kristi. and romney wasn't comfortable i think taking that gamble given what had happened four years earlier with mccain picking sarah palin. >> is there something in chris christie's background that led them to believe there was a problem? i mean my understanding of chris christie, he's been a prosecutor...
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we thought we would ask mitt romney, friday, he said he will me on, mitt romney friday on fox. and only fox. put down everything, stop what you are doing, don't go to that party, don't go to that game even if it is your kids game, tell your kid i'm sorry, our nati is more important then you are. see what a 10-year-old says about that, but have the 10-year-old watch mitt romne he is here. get eady. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. neil: do as i say, not as i do. but if you are the administration, hand over your e-mails, but you can never get your hand on ours. they have been using private e-mails to try to shield themselves. what do you make of this? >> i don't understand why they want to make tmselves look guilty. if you don't have anything to hide, hand over the addresses, make is transparent. this is supposed to be the most tratransparent administration in hi
we thought we would ask mitt romney, friday, he said he will me on, mitt romney friday on fox. and only fox. put down everything, stop what you are doing, don't go to that party, don't go to that game even if it is your kids game, tell your kid i'm sorry, our nati is more important then you are. see what a 10-year-old says about that, but have the 10-year-old watch mitt romne he is here. get eady. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of...
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romney destroyed rick perry on that issue. but it was in the rhetoric he deployed there i think he sealed his fate in the general election with latinos who he got blown out in and provided a huge margin in a lot of swing states. >> great point. my choice is, of course, the anonymous videographer who captured the 47% tape which is why we happen to have that tape now. >> i was going to say you guys worked that out. >> why it happened to be ready. now, the best move of 2012. what was the best move of 2012? >> this is really hard because some part of me as a political junkie thinks the best move is the most incendiary crazy there, for that mitt romney moving across the stage and grabbing rick perry on the shoulder. this physical debate style which also revealed him for crazy and not driven by the same things most humans are driven by but the competitive workforce bot. i think at the end of the day we keep going back to the 47% video. i was waiting to hold it. >> you can use it as much as you want. it will be back. >> it is everyth
romney destroyed rick perry on that issue. but it was in the rhetoric he deployed there i think he sealed his fate in the general election with latinos who he got blown out in and provided a huge margin in a lot of swing states. >> great point. my choice is, of course, the anonymous videographer who captured the 47% tape which is why we happen to have that tape now. >> i was going to say you guys worked that out. >> why it happened to be ready. now, the best move of 2012. what...
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republican president -- bill clinton had carried as president. 94% from house republicans are from romney district. 96% of houston the cracks are from obama districts. it was not like this 26 years ago. the old adage in american politics used to be all politics is local. now, as we have become more parliamentary and our behavior, all politics is national. that means you do not have these misaligned districts, and there's no reward for members compromising. you stay with your party box. >> did you have friends who were democrats? did you work with them? >> absolutely. i was surrounded by democrats, and my district voted for bill clinton twice. my district voted for me to protect them from bill clinton and reelected him to protect them from me. >> could that happen today? >> no, you get straight ticket voting now. >> thanks very much for joining me. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, her logo has helped make her a billionaire. tonight, i speak with a fashion designer and entrepreneur as one of best part of our 100 women .eries prince william hoste
republican president -- bill clinton had carried as president. 94% from house republicans are from romney district. 96% of houston the cracks are from obama districts. it was not like this 26 years ago. the old adage in american politics used to be all politics is local. now, as we have become more parliamentary and our behavior, all politics is national. that means you do not have these misaligned districts, and there's no reward for members compromising. you stay with your party box. >>...
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romney ed voters about and obama. and romney won like four things. was who one understands our problems better? obama, 81, romney, 19. why? really saw his heart. he's a wonderful man. i don't know why that happened, but when people have to know you care about them, that you understand them, and if they're stuck in the ditch, the shoulderto put to the back of their car and ou're going to help push them out. if we can demonstrate more of that, people will say, that's a new brand for republicans. create jobs, compassion, and care. i think it works. >> joe, i think in our nation worriedrican people are about the direction our nation is going. if they look at the polls, they ell you, america is concerned about where our nation is going. i hear it on the street, hear wit the families. people stop me in the convenience store and say i'm concerned about where our nation is going. to do to get ing it back? i think there are great examples our our governors, conservative governors, our republican governors out there problems and bringing forth solutions to add
romney ed voters about and obama. and romney won like four things. was who one understands our problems better? obama, 81, romney, 19. why? really saw his heart. he's a wonderful man. i don't know why that happened, but when people have to know you care about them, that you understand them, and if they're stuck in the ditch, the shoulderto put to the back of their car and ou're going to help push them out. if we can demonstrate more of that, people will say, that's a new brand for republicans....
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we thought we would ask mitt romney, friday, he said he will come on, mitt romney friday on fox. and only fox. put down everything, stop what you are doing, don't go to that party, don't go to that game even if it is your kids game, tell your kid i'm sorry, our nation is more important then you are. see what a 10-year-old says about that, but have the 10-year-old watch mitt romney, he is here. get eady. it's a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband networknd custom communitions solutions, your busess is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. ♪ right. but the most importan feature of all is... the pital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. d with a few clicks, ths missin never happened. uh, what's this button do? electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what's in your wa
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imagine if romney was president now. if romney and ryan had won. there were a lot of ways it could have gone that way. for instance, if scott hasn't turned on the camera it's unlikely that obama would a 7 point lead going to have first going to the first debate. if might have been hard for him to catch up. there are a number of other factors that contributed to his victory. imagine if romney and rhode ryan were in the office. the economy is improving. but not as sharp as one would hope. the deficit has gone down in the $200 billion. it's around $1 trillion. it's quite likely that the bulk of the ryan plan would have been enacted in to law in the early days of the administration because the same way that obamacare was passed with 51 votes under an on secure senate rule that allows it for budget and tax-related legislation. the plan would have very likely passed, and actually somebody in the white house said it would get democratic votes. if romney won. this plan didn't cut budgets by, you know, 5 or 10 percent like the sequestration. we talk 30 to 4
imagine if romney was president now. if romney and ryan had won. there were a lot of ways it could have gone that way. for instance, if scott hasn't turned on the camera it's unlikely that obama would a 7 point lead going to have first going to the first debate. if might have been hard for him to catch up. there are a number of other factors that contributed to his victory. imagine if romney and rhode ryan were in the office. the economy is improving. but not as sharp as one would hope. the...
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people thought romney suffered by going through -- >> do you think. >> let's keep in mind that nearly 3 years out, they are littered with people who are inevitable. >> it will be -- >> the one person we're not talking about is joe biden. how miffed would you be if you were the sitting vice president for two terms, you ran for president yourself twice, you were brought in for your experience, he is an afterthought. why why is that? >> because hillary clinton came this close, very, very close to becoming the nominee of the democratic party. i think because of that, and because so many people went out there and voted for her, that there's still this kunger. >> sometimes it's easy to overlook some great people. >> he's the vp, overlooking the vp. >>> enough about the democrats, i want to talk about the republicans now. i am sure that you have noticed today's very public fight between liz and mary cheney. when we get back, i'm going to ask governor pawlenty, whatever happened to the new welcoming republican party? i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable
people thought romney suffered by going through -- >> do you think. >> let's keep in mind that nearly 3 years out, they are littered with people who are inevitable. >> it will be -- >> the one person we're not talking about is joe biden. how miffed would you be if you were the sitting vice president for two terms, you ran for president yourself twice, you were brought in for your experience, he is an afterthought. why why is that? >> because hillary clinton came...
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he had contempt for romney and yet just absolute utter contempt and yet that was getting in his way. >> the only thing he had more contempt for than romney was this thing that we've seen throughout his administration, this enormous comment for the theatrics of politics. the thing he hates about debates this is all just stagey, fake hystrionics. i'm barack obama. i'm above that. disdain for romney and the process leads him to this horrible place where 36 hours before the debate they've sit down with him and stage what they call an intervention. three his top advisors saying, mr. president u-need to embrace this event. what's wrong with you. he suite there's and gives a ten minute self-deconstruction where he says i'm not wired in the way that this requires. i don't know if i can do this. >> here's your quote. you keep telling me i can't spend too much time defending my record and that i should talk about my plans, he said. but my plans aren't anything like the plans i ran on in 2008. i had a universal health care plan then. now i've got what? a manufacturing plan? what am i going to d
he had contempt for romney and yet just absolute utter contempt and yet that was getting in his way. >> the only thing he had more contempt for than romney was this thing that we've seen throughout his administration, this enormous comment for the theatrics of politics. the thing he hates about debates this is all just stagey, fake hystrionics. i'm barack obama. i'm above that. disdain for romney and the process leads him to this horrible place where 36 hours before the debate they've sit...
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governor romney, there's one thing i'm confused about. you say you don't want to go and round up people and deport them. but you say they would have to go back to their home countries and apply for citizenship. if you don't deport them, how do you send them home? >> the answer is self deportation. which is people can decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal document tation to allow them to work here. >> there was a little at the timer there in the back round. first of all, the phrase "self deportation". >> was a headline. >> yes. and it managed to summarize everything people didn't like about mitt romney. >> you mean firing you? >> well, the firing part of it. but the sort of cold part of it. that these are just sort of numbers on a spread sheet. these people were self deport. and i think the combination of the two, the cold hardedness and the cold-bloodedness of it just played into everybody's view of romney. >> like the bathtub is just going to overflow. >> well, it's just n
governor romney, there's one thing i'm confused about. you say you don't want to go and round up people and deport them. but you say they would have to go back to their home countries and apply for citizenship. if you don't deport them, how do you send them home? >> the answer is self deportation. which is people can decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal document tation to allow them to work here. >> there was a...
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and they will point you in the direction of massachusetts, where governor mitt romney, back in 2006, rolled out something that's very very similar to this. of course, it's way, way smaller in massachusetts, because you're just dealing with one state. but nonetheless, the whole of obamacare, as we saw in the election last year, is based on what mitt romney did, and that's one of the things that caused him so much problem in the campaign. in massachusetts, at the end of the first month, how many people do you think signed up? it was 123, so it's not very many at all. at the end of the first year, when it became clear to everybody in massachusetts that you have to sign up for healthcare, 36,000 had signed up. but the really interesting figure up in massachusetts is the 36,000, so one fifth of that number signed up at the 11th hour. almost to the last minute of the 11th month. and so that's what the white house is going to say today. that there's time. it has happened before. and it will probably happen this way. but it will be interesting to see what these changes will be from president
and they will point you in the direction of massachusetts, where governor mitt romney, back in 2006, rolled out something that's very very similar to this. of course, it's way, way smaller in massachusetts, because you're just dealing with one state. but nonetheless, the whole of obamacare, as we saw in the election last year, is based on what mitt romney did, and that's one of the things that caused him so much problem in the campaign. in massachusetts, at the end of the first month, how many...
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more on the obamacare train wreck, talking with mitt romney a former healthcare advisor nexx. >> on wall street, sharp sell-off despite positive economic news for the most part. and that ahead of tomorrow's jobs report could dow down 153, s&p down 23, nazdaq fell 75-pounds, the economy, speaking of good news, grew 2.8% in the third quarter. growth limited by consumer spending that was the smallest in -- smallest increase in 2 years. twitter made a successful debut and trading on new york stock exchange, second largest technology ipo ever shares, sored 73%. but closed just below opening price of $45.10. company priced its ipo ats there are tech stocks $26 ashare. stay with us, one of history's biggest, strongest typhoons is making landfall in the philippines, packing 200-mile an hour winds, we have a full respect for you next. >> -- full hospital for you next. >> president obama foreign policy is becoming an adventure, wait until you hear what his administration is planning for iran. ktmcfarland next. [ male announcer ] once, there w man w found a magic seashell. it told him what was happ
more on the obamacare train wreck, talking with mitt romney a former healthcare advisor nexx. >> on wall street, sharp sell-off despite positive economic news for the most part. and that ahead of tomorrow's jobs report could dow down 153, s&p down 23, nazdaq fell 75-pounds, the economy, speaking of good news, grew 2.8% in the third quarter. growth limited by consumer spending that was the smallest in -- smallest increase in 2 years. twitter made a successful debut and trading on new...
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i have never seen the frontrunner, the establishment struggle the way romney did. they were never going to coalesce, 2012, rick santorum was able to get to 12 primaries -- >> he was plausible. >> i think cruz is a lot more plausible as a republican nominee than anybody that romney came up against in 2012. >> do you think we'll see a race towards more cruz-ism? has this been a political victory or a disaster? i think you can declare it both ways. >> what he did last night was in a way defensive, because he screwed up last week, last week he said it was just going to die in the senate. it allowed his opponents in the republican party to finally say you know what, he is not fighting as hard as we are. he had to put on a show to show the base. i think he re-gained his footing with the base. the telling thing to me, most of the voices in the republican world are not off the record. that tells you, i think the thing you really need to know. >> steve kornacki, you can watch him saturdays and sundays at 8:00, on "up with steve kornacki," a good slot. i watch it. >>> and co
i have never seen the frontrunner, the establishment struggle the way romney did. they were never going to coalesce, 2012, rick santorum was able to get to 12 primaries -- >> he was plausible. >> i think cruz is a lot more plausible as a republican nominee than anybody that romney came up against in 2012. >> do you think we'll see a race towards more cruz-ism? has this been a political victory or a disaster? i think you can declare it both ways. >> what he did last night...
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he didn't bring it up. >> reporter: romney of course ultimately went with congressman paul ryan but romney continues to talk up the new jersey governor, just yesterday saying this. >> there's a long list of very capable people but chris christie stands out as one of the very strongest lights in the republican party. >> reporter: not everyone in the romney campaign was so enamored and stunningly, one aide leaked to the authors of "double down" personal vetting information, including concerns regarding christie's health. a shocking breach of protocol in what is supposed to be a very discreet process. >> i have a great relationship with the romneys and the campaign, and it's all just, you know, trying to make sure they sell as many books as possible. >> reporter: these are the kind of details that those in the political world are most surprised by, not whatever outstanding follow-up questions that the romney vetters may have had about christie but the fact that they would serve up those concerns as dish. perhaps even more surprising, the amount of leaks from s.s. obama. ones that portray seni
he didn't bring it up. >> reporter: romney of course ultimately went with congressman paul ryan but romney continues to talk up the new jersey governor, just yesterday saying this. >> there's a long list of very capable people but chris christie stands out as one of the very strongest lights in the republican party. >> reporter: not everyone in the romney campaign was so enamored and stunningly, one aide leaked to the authors of "double down" personal vetting...
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but the authors go behind the stage to tell us what romney campaign aides and romney himself were actually doing whey they were watching this total train wreck unfold in front of them. romney thought it was funny at first, but all of his advisers freaked out. his campaign manager said you got to pull this, you got to cut it according to the book at least, one romney adviser actually vomited back stage, that he was so upset. it was a full-blown freak-out back stage at the convention in tampa. >> it wasn't just romney adviser, it was stewart stevens, his lead political aide, right? >> that's what the book says. >> that's a big deal. if it's true. mark halperin. >>> senator rand paul is pushing back against accusations of plajerrism in some of his speeches, i'll tell you what he's saying in his defense, that's next. vo: two years of grad school. 20 years with the company. thousands of presentations. and one hard earned partnership. it took a lot of work to get this far. so now i'm supposed to take a back seat when it comes to my investments? there's zero chance of that happening. avo: when yo
but the authors go behind the stage to tell us what romney campaign aides and romney himself were actually doing whey they were watching this total train wreck unfold in front of them. romney thought it was funny at first, but all of his advisers freaked out. his campaign manager said you got to pull this, you got to cut it according to the book at least, one romney adviser actually vomited back stage, that he was so upset. it was a full-blown freak-out back stage at the convention in tampa....
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you saw that with mitt romney, moving to the right on immigration. and for chris christie, who knows what it could be and where will all those cultural issues be. how will the economy look. can he run on entitlement reform. i'll coming to washington to clean up. but the thing about christie is that he's so much fun to watch. he looks like he's enjoying his job all the time. he understands the intersection of pop culture and politics. and i think everyone just likes to watch this guy, so i think he's got a good shot. >> the other thing to remember about republicans too is they like their front runners. so by raising his profile now, by making himself the most recognized, the highest name recognition candidate out there potentially in 2016, he sets himself apart from the very beginning. republicans go to their front runners more often in fact than even the democrats do. >> my sources in the giuliani white house say the same thing. you know, you can really oversell stuff three years before election day. and while there is some valid attention being paid
you saw that with mitt romney, moving to the right on immigration. and for chris christie, who knows what it could be and where will all those cultural issues be. how will the economy look. can he run on entitlement reform. i'll coming to washington to clean up. but the thing about christie is that he's so much fun to watch. he looks like he's enjoying his job all the time. he understands the intersection of pop culture and politics. and i think everyone just likes to watch this guy, so i think...
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the majority leader calls people like paul ryan who is now running for vice president with gum in a romney, calls ryan and some of the other key republicans and they say my gosh, we have got a speaker who is doing deals with the president. the speaker is a runaway horse. how do we get control of him? speaker boehner told me that his staff was so worried that the staff members came to see him in his office on the second floor of the capital and said, you have got to stop trying to do a deal with the president. if you keep doing this you are going to risk your speakership. the president said, and i talked to him interestingly enough, he said he realizes the magnitude of all of this. as does speaker boehner, key democrats in key republicans realize what it is. he literally said to me i would willingly lose an election if i could solve these problems. it is that serious. tim geithner the treasury secretary in the book is quoted, thousands of boards ford's telling the president you have got to do something about this problem. we have to fix it fix it. literally we will close down the american e
the majority leader calls people like paul ryan who is now running for vice president with gum in a romney, calls ryan and some of the other key republicans and they say my gosh, we have got a speaker who is doing deals with the president. the speaker is a runaway horse. how do we get control of him? speaker boehner told me that his staff was so worried that the staff members came to see him in his office on the second floor of the capital and said, you have got to stop trying to do a deal with...
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it's something i'm proud of, but mitt romney is the top of the ticket, and mitt romney will be president, and he will set the policy of the romney administration. >> well, you might recall ryan co-sponsored a personhood bill with todd akin in the past. well, guess what legislation ryan has signed onto again last week in this new congress? another personhood bill. it reads in part, the life of each human being begins with fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent at which time every human being shall have all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood. here we are back again, bob shrum, to the 14th amendment rights, including property being accorded to the fertilized egg. it just seems to me an argument that gets very fundamentalist and causes nothing but trouble for the republicans in the suburbs and the cities, anywhere where people might not like this kind of talk. >> well, i think that's right. one thing paul ryan obviously learned from mitt romney was how to flip-flop. look, this is a really extreme measure. >> he's flopped back again. >> flip, fl
it's something i'm proud of, but mitt romney is the top of the ticket, and mitt romney will be president, and he will set the policy of the romney administration. >> well, you might recall ryan co-sponsored a personhood bill with todd akin in the past. well, guess what legislation ryan has signed onto again last week in this new congress? another personhood bill. it reads in part, the life of each human being begins with fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent at which time...
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mitt romney picked up more younger voters compared to john mccain's vote in 2008. monica, i want to go to a couple of the points that you raised. before we get too carried away by some things, "the wall street journal" report doesn't say that they're examining 75% of domestic traffic, it's saying it has the capacity. there's a big difference. >> how do we know? this is what i think so many americans are bothered by. we haven't gotten a straight story from this president or anybody on his team. first we heard, well, it's a limited program. now we know that's not true. then we heard there are no abuses. now we know that's not true. then we heard there's ironclad support and now we know that's not true. so this president, his credibility on this has been shattered. why should we believe anything that comes out of him? >> yeah, don't ask me to defend the president on this because i think he has made a horrific mistake by not stepping up when the snowden leaks came and when other leaks have come about these programs and defended them and explained them to the american p
mitt romney picked up more younger voters compared to john mccain's vote in 2008. monica, i want to go to a couple of the points that you raised. before we get too carried away by some things, "the wall street journal" report doesn't say that they're examining 75% of domestic traffic, it's saying it has the capacity. there's a big difference. >> how do we know? this is what i think so many americans are bothered by. we haven't gotten a straight story from this president or...
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imagine if romney was president now. if romney and ryan had won. and there were a lot of ways it could have gone that way. for instance, if scott prudey had not turn on his camera, it's unlikely that obama would have had a seven point lead going into the dollarsous first debate, and if he lost and it got stomped the way he did, which i have a chapter about, might have been very hard for him to catch up and, and a number of other factors that contributed to his victory. but imagine he lost and romney and ryan were president. the economy is improving. not as sharply as we all would hope, but it is significantly improving, and actually the deficit has gone down by $200 billion just in the last three or four months. it's now well below a trillion dollars. it's quite likely that the bulk of the ryan plan would have been enacted into law in the early days of the romney administration, because the same way that obamacare was passed with 51 votes under an obscure senate rule that allows it for budget and tax related legislation. this plan would have very l
imagine if romney was president now. if romney and ryan had won. and there were a lot of ways it could have gone that way. for instance, if scott prudey had not turn on his camera, it's unlikely that obama would have had a seven point lead going into the dollarsous first debate, and if he lost and it got stomped the way he did, which i have a chapter about, might have been very hard for him to catch up and, and a number of other factors that contributed to his victory. but imagine he lost and...
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but romney didn't know what obama knew. obama's team had used the advantages of incumbency, time and money to create something new in politics. >> created the perfect political corporation. >> reporter: literally wrote the book on this new science of political campaigning that obama mastered. >> make sure the people know how to vote. >> reporter: by harnessing data like your tv viewing habits, your voting history. the obama campaign made a virtual profile of every single persuadable voter and then with experiments borrowed from behavioral psychology they targeted people with personalized messages and coaxed them to the polls. >> these are like pharmaceutical trials where voters are the guinea pigs. >> reporter: this was developed in this plain looking washington, d.c. building. inside is the analyst institute. >> what is the analyst institute. >> it is a consortium of legal groups, parties, campaigns. it is to do science in secret to help democrats win elections. >> reporter: he likens it to a political manhattan project. i
but romney didn't know what obama knew. obama's team had used the advantages of incumbency, time and money to create something new in politics. >> created the perfect political corporation. >> reporter: literally wrote the book on this new science of political campaigning that obama mastered. >> make sure the people know how to vote. >> reporter: by harnessing data like your tv viewing habits, your voting history. the obama campaign made a virtual profile of every single...
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what about the romney campaign? the book obviously focuses on the romney campaign which as you just heard your colleague call hapless. the "washington post" scribble the hunt for him, goldfish. the names were offensive to some. the new jersey governor was called puffer fish. that he is pescado which i thought was dicey and fishconsin. romney was bothered, according to the book about, i christie showing up late to things and also, to just his physical fitness. and they quote in the book, romn romney. watching a video of him without his suit jacket on. romney kakled to his aides, look at that. >> as we said, i think there is a lot in this book. here's the thing with the vp selection. this is something there is always talk about how the process goes through. one of the best kept secrets in presidential politics of who is being attacked by the other side. it is no secret mitt romney is very organized, very fit, very on time. but at the end of the day when it comes to chris christie, he is getting ready to be reelected b
what about the romney campaign? the book obviously focuses on the romney campaign which as you just heard your colleague call hapless. the "washington post" scribble the hunt for him, goldfish. the names were offensive to some. the new jersey governor was called puffer fish. that he is pescado which i thought was dicey and fishconsin. romney was bothered, according to the book about, i christie showing up late to things and also, to just his physical fitness. and they quote in the...
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fox, it sounds better as the hate obama network than the defend romney network. so aren't they just providing the entertainment and denial their fans demand? >> absolutely. it makes me laugh too to reference back to george w. when george w. was in office, you're either with us or you're against us. now the right is going how dare obama say we sacrifice our personal needs for the group effort, for the good of the team >> they make such a big deal about fiscal responsibility and bill clinton balanced the budget. as you'll remember, fox news in the late '90s was nothing but them praising bill clinton. never said a bad word. >> john: bill clinton is the real fiscal conservative. moving on to something we can all agree on regardless of their political persuasions, tsa is getting rid of the body scanners ending the virtual strip searches is. this really a software issue or did they realize they hadn't studied the long-term health effects of having radiation touch all of your organs at once? >> i'm upset about it because those full body scans are the most action i get.
fox, it sounds better as the hate obama network than the defend romney network. so aren't they just providing the entertainment and denial their fans demand? >> absolutely. it makes me laugh too to reference back to george w. when george w. was in office, you're either with us or you're against us. now the right is going how dare obama say we sacrifice our personal needs for the group effort, for the good of the team >> they make such a big deal about fiscal responsibility and bill...
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it was over a long time ago for mitt romney. i think the debate, president obama's poor performance in the first debate gave glimmers of hope to the republican party. it made the race much more interesting for the pundit class. but ultimately it was just a very bad campaign for mitt romney. >> one of the problems i thought, van, was interesting talking to dick morris about social issues is that even when i discuss them with him now i still couldn't really work out what his position was. and this seemed to me to cut to the quick of the republican problem throughout the last year. particularly in the nominee race. was what do these guys actually stand for collectively? on abortion he seemed to be saying, look, we can't be pro life anymore, we've got to be sort of pro choice, but we're not going to admit we're pro choice. i didn't understand it. >> well, if only it were only him with that problem. right now what you see is a republican party in real disarray. they've backed themselves into this sort of demographic cul-de-sac and th
it was over a long time ago for mitt romney. i think the debate, president obama's poor performance in the first debate gave glimmers of hope to the republican party. it made the race much more interesting for the pundit class. but ultimately it was just a very bad campaign for mitt romney. >> one of the problems i thought, van, was interesting talking to dick morris about social issues is that even when i discuss them with him now i still couldn't really work out what his position was....